The text you are about to read is a combination of words that were all written by Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist kidnapped in Irak (for more news about Giuliana you can see: http://www.rsf.fr/sgrena-en.php3). Some of them were part of her appeal contained in the video released by her captors (capitalized verses) and the others are from an article she wrote on July 1, 2004 about Mithal, an Iraqi woman detained in Abu Grahib.

This is a commentary in the German left-wing newspaper Junge Welt on the arrest of Sandra Bakutz by the Turkish authorities. It says the EU is reluctant to harm its relations with Turkey over the fate of a left-wing activist. The left, however, should support Sandra.

This is 2,200 word report with 8 photos of the various activities and events in Edinburgh on Saturday 26th February. This is leading up to the Global `Bring the troops home` day of action on Saturday March 19th.